Heavyweight Carlos Takam has fired a warning shot to Joe Joyce ahead of their heavyweight showdown on Saturday night, warning the British Olympian that he intends to put the first dent in his perfect professional record at the SSE Arena, Wembley.
Takam has the impression that he has been drafted in as ‘an opponent’ for Joyce to set Joyce up to face the winner of Anthony Joshua-Oleksandr Usyk for the WBO world title.
“Hey boy! What’s up Joyce?,” said Takam in a direct message Joyce. “I hope you are ready for this fight because I’ve come here to win. On Saturday you won’t beat me, I’m sorry. This is my time. This is Carlos Takam time and I’m going to beat your guy!
“I will see you on Saturday night Joe and I am here to win, not to lose. See you boy, I am ready for the win, definitely.”
The fighting talk from the Frenchman was backed up by Joyce’s promoter Frank Warren, who knows he has imported a top-notch heavyweight to test his man at the highest level.
“He’s a seasoned performer who comes to fight and you know that his and Joe’s styles will make a fight,” said the Hall of Fame fight maker. “He will come at Joe and that will suit Joe, I think, and he will have to be at his best and he will have to do it better than the other guys did like Joshua and Chisora.
“That is how I look at it but, I repeat myself again, he has only had 12 fights and this is a big step up where a win will see him keep his mandatory position to fight the winner out of Joshua-Usyk taking place in September. I think the fight will be ordered pretty soon after that.
“Joe has been in with tough guys right from the start because of his age and he has done that, but you can still see there are things he needs to do and work on. I think that Takam will be another good name for his record and it will be another great experience for Joe.
“They are big guys who will be throwing bombs at each other and Joe has got a good chin. Takam does come to fight, he throws shots and I can tell you from talking to his team, they fancy the job.”
Does anyone know the list of officials for the Joyce Takam card?
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Want to see this!! No American broadcast of it?
Joyce is going to have a target practice session when fighting Takam. Takam lacks the power to back up Joyce. Joyce TKO.
‘What time is it? It’s Takam Time!’
– I always thought that it was Hammer Time?
– Yes / No
The only chance Takam has is the first few rounds before Joyce gets into his rhythm.
Takam and Chisora both always come to win and always lose. Maybe those two can fight each other again.
Would actually like to see that fight. Good competitive matchup
I feel like Joyce has too many tools at his disposal and enough clarity of focus not to get drawn into a challenging fight. Joyce reminds me a bit of a Wlad Klitschko-type guy who does the same two or three things so well, he just wears you down with a consistent battering. That said, big props to the heavyweight division for putting a string of great fights together over the next 3 months or so.
Probably entertaining, but not too competitive except for a couple of rounds
Takam Time? I prefer Taco Time. I see this being a dull affair
Joyce is an underrated beast. Takem is dreaming if he thinks he will win this one.